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Ezekiel 26
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A Prophecy Against Tyre

26 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month,[a] the Lord’s message came to me: 2 “Son of man, because Tyre[b] has said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich,[c] now that she[d] has been destroyed,’ 3 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look,[e] I am against you,[f] O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil[g] from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters[h] who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

7 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take note that[i] I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar[j] of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people. 8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you. 9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.[k] 10 He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses.[l] Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls.[m] 11 With his horses’ hooves he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground. 12 They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious[n] homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw[o] into the water.[p] 13 I will silence[q] the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again,[r] for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan at the massive slaughter in your midst! 16 All the princes of the sea will vacate[s] their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.[t] 17 They will sing this lament over you:[u]

“‘How you have perished—you have vanished[v] from the seas,
O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,
she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror![w]
18 Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall;
the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’[x]

19 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging[y] waters overwhelm you, 20 then I will bring you down to bygone people,[z] to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth among[aa] the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand[ab] in the land of the living. 21 I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:1 tc Date formulae typically include the month. According to D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:34, n. 27) some emend to “in the twelfth year in the eleventh month,” relying partially on the copy of the LXX from Alexandrinus, where Albright suggested that “eleventh month” may have dropped out due to haplography.sn April 23, 587 b.c.
  2. Ezekiel 26:2 sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.
  3. Ezekiel 26:2 tn Heb “I will be filled.”
  4. Ezekiel 26:2 sn That is, Jerusalem.
  5. Ezekiel 26:3 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.
  6. Ezekiel 26:3 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘hinnenî ’êlékâ’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
  7. Ezekiel 26:4 tn Or “debris.”
  8. Ezekiel 26:6 sn That is, the towns located inland that were under Tyre’s rule.
  9. Ezekiel 26:7 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.
  10. Ezekiel 26:7 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-uṣur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”
  11. Ezekiel 26:9 tn Heb “swords.”
  12. Ezekiel 26:10 tn Heb “From the abundance of his horses he will cover you (with) their dust.”
  13. Ezekiel 26:10 tn Heb “like those who enter a breached city.”
  14. Ezekiel 26:12 tn Heb “desirable.”
  15. Ezekiel 26:12 tn Heb “set.”
  16. Ezekiel 26:12 tn Heb “into the midst of the water.”
  17. Ezekiel 26:13 tn Heb “cause to end.”
  18. Ezekiel 26:14 sn This prophecy was fulfilled by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.
  19. Ezekiel 26:16 tn Heb “descend from.”
  20. Ezekiel 26:16 tn Heb “and they will be astonished over you.”
  21. Ezekiel 26:17 tn Heb “and they will lift up over you a lament and they will say to you.”
  22. Ezekiel 26:17 tn Heb “O inhabitant.” The translation follows the LXX and understands a different Hebrew verb, meaning “cease,” behind the consonantal text. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:72, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:43.
  23. Ezekiel 26:17 tn Heb “she and her inhabitants who placed their terror to all her inhabitants.” The relationship of the final prepositional phrase to what precedes is unclear. The preposition probably has a specifying function here, drawing attention to Tyre’s inhabitants as the source of the terror mentioned prior to this. In this case, one might paraphrase verse 17b: “she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror; yes, her inhabitants (were the source of this terror).”
  24. Ezekiel 26:18 tn Heb “from your going out.”
  25. Ezekiel 26:19 tn Heb “many.”
  26. Ezekiel 26:20 tn Heb “to the people of antiquity.”
  27. Ezekiel 26:20 tn Heb “like.” The translation assumes an emendation of the preposition כ (kaf, “like”) to ב (bet, “in, among”).
  28. Ezekiel 26:20 tn Heb “and I will place beauty.” This reading makes little sense; many, following the lead of the LXX, emend the text to read: “nor will you stand,” with the negative particle before the preceding verb understood by ellipsis; see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:73. D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:47) offers another alternative, taking the apparent first person verb form as an archaic second feminine form and translating “nor radiate splendor.”
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Ezekiel 26
Legacy Standard Bible

Prophesy Against Tyre

26 Now it happened in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, because (A)Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the (B)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has [a](C)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up (D)many nations against you, as the (E)sea brings up its waves. 4 They will (F)make the walls of Tyre a ruin and pull down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘and she will become (G)plunder for the nations. 6 Also her (H)daughters who are [b]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

7 For thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (I)king of kings, with horses, (J)chariots, horsemen, and an assembly, a great number of people. 8 He will kill your daughters [c]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make (K)siege walls against you, cast up a (L)ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. 9 The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his swords he will tear down your towers. 10 Because of the abundance of his (M)horses, the fine dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will (N)shake at the noise of horsemen and [d]wagons and chariots when he (O)enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. 11 With the hoofs of his (P)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will (Q)come down to the ground. 12 Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your (R)merchandise, and (S)pull down your walls and tear down your (T)desirable houses, and [e]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris (U)into the water. 13 So I will cause the tumult of your (V)songs to cease, and the sound of your (W)harps will be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be (X)built no more, for I (Y)Yahweh have spoken,” declares Lord Yahweh.

15 Thus says Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Shall not the (Z)coastlands (AA)shake at the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the killing occurs in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will (AB)go down from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will (AC)clothe themselves with [f]trembling; they will sit on the ground, (AD)tremble every moment, and be appalled at you. 17 They will take up a (AE)lamentation over you and say to you,

‘(AF)How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O city that was praised,
Which was (AG)strong on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who [g]imposed [h]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
18 Now the (AH)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your downfall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be dismayed at your (AI)departure.’”

19 For thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I (AJ)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who (AK)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you inhabit the (AL)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [i]be inhabited; but I will set (AM)glory in the land of the living. 21 I will [j]bring (AN)terrors on you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, (AO)you will never be found again,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:2 Lit turned
  2. Ezekiel 26:6 Lit in the field
  3. Ezekiel 26:8 Lit in the field
  4. Ezekiel 26:10 Lit wheels
  5. Ezekiel 26:12 Lit put
  6. Ezekiel 26:16 Lit tremblings
  7. Ezekiel 26:17 Lit put
  8. Ezekiel 26:17 Lit their
  9. Ezekiel 26:20 Or return
  10. Ezekiel 26:21 Lit give you terrors
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